Push-button operator.



l. NECKERMAN.

PUSH BUTTON OPERATOR.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 25, I916.

1,21 9.344. Patented Mar. 13, 1917.

WlTNESSi ES Byway/5W ATTOIN EY INVENTOR- IRVAN NECKERMAN, OF ANNAPOLIS. MARYLAND.

PUSH-BUTTON OPERATOR.

Application filed November 25, 1916.

)1?) all whom it may oncern:

lie it known that l. lavas Xicennuwas, a citizen of the United htates. residing at Annapolis. in the eounty of Anne .lrnndel and State of Blaryland, have invented new and useful linprtweinents in lushllutton Operators. of which the following i a specification.

This invention relates to the class of devices ordinarily known as push buttons, and its purpose is to provide a deviee for actuatingthe push button from a point mote trom the position occupied :by the button itself: As is well known, it is: eustomary to lead the wires of an alarm cireuit or an annunciator cirenit to a eil'cllii) eloser which is usually in the torn! of the well known push screwed to the support to which the wires are run and is within reach of the person who is to operate it. (auditions often arise, however. wl'iereby the operator changes his position so that he ean no longer reach the push button, and in the ease illustrated herewith it is desirable for the opera tor to press the push button without moving his hand from the steering" wheel of an -.anto1nobile.

- ing shaft and My invention may therefore be said to be a push button operator capable oi any use to which it may be put.- The Following; specitieation describes the preterretl construction of this invention, with one modification thereof. reference being had to the accompanying drawings, wherein 2-- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the steerwheel of an automobile with a button on the. shaft as usual in Ford inachines, and my attachment applied. so that this button can be pushed by an operator without moving his hand. from the rim of the wheel.

Fig. 2 is a perspeetive view of the attaehment alone.

Fig. I} is a. detailed view of a slight modification thereirl'.

in Fig". 1 l have employed the letter S to designate the steering shaft carnviunthe hand wheel \V having a rim it. and B is the button ordinarily mounted on said shat't S in Ford machines. l hen this but-- ton is to be pressed by the operator, he must remove his hand from the rim l1. and reach a little farther down the shaft than usual. and when my invention is employed in this conneetion it enables him to press Specifieation of Letters Patent.

button. and the latter is Patented Mar. 13, it) 2.

Serial No. 133.518.

the inven the leet may be attached to the steering shalt h by removing and reiuserting the same rivets or serews $3 wlneh hold the button it thereon. and when in place the body of the yoke overlies and protects or guards the button from 'au-cident'al pressure by the. knee or otherwise. iliounted upon or attached to one side oi the yoke a pair of ears l best seen in big. 3 to which at. 5 is pivoted the eytreinity oi an extension arin 3. From its pivotal point this arin leads across the interior of the yoke, through an elongated opening or slot 7 in the other side of the same, and iscarried away any suitable distance and bent in any suitable manner as deinamled by the exigencies ot the case. its remote or free. And is. herein shown as having: a knob or handie 8 which in the adaptation shown in l ig." .l underlies the rim it of the wheel W and in such positionthat the operatoWs thun'ib may bear against the same without the neee 'ty for his removing}; his hand from the run. i prefer to employ means for holding the arm out of contact with the button li, and in Fig. sueh means is shown as. a spring 10 secured at one end as at it to one; side at the, yoke and with its other end hearing against. the arm (3 so as to hold the latter normally in the upper end of the sl t Y, but the tension of this sprin is such that it. yields under pressure against the knob or handle 8 so that the arm can tall within the slot.

ll ithin the yoke the said aria overlies the button it and it, is quite possible to provide the arm with a projecting point or perhap. a screw 13 as illustrated in Fig. 2. so mounted thereii'i that its head alines with the but.- ton l). Vlhen the attachment is appiied as shown in Fig. this screw is adiusted to be hearty in (,Qllt'fltftl with the button when the arm lies in the app end of the slot 7. Thereafter it is quite obv'eus that when fly the operator desires to press the button he depresses the knob or handle '8, and the screw 13 presses the button and the alarm is given.

In Fig. 3 is shown a slight modification wherein the ears 4 and the spring 10 are omitted and the latter is replaced by part of the arm, a construction which may sometimes be preferred. In this case the extremity of the arm 6 is turned down and flattened as at 16 and tempered so as to give it resiliency, and, instead of pivoting it to the yoke, it is riveted thereto as at 15. I have made use of this view to show that the attachment may be so located that the contact point or screw 13 overlies a button, the latter standing upright in this case. Al though it is quite obvious that the length and shape of the arm is a matter of no importance to the invention, I would make it rather pliable so that when the attachment is put into place the arm can be bent to carry the handle 8 to the desired point of use. I repeat that, although I have shown and described the attachment as applied to the button on the steering shaft of a Ford automobile, I do not wish to limit it to this use.

' \Vhat is claimed as new is 1- 1. The herein described push button operator, the same comprising a yoke adapted to be secured over and out of contact with the push button and having an upright slot in one of its sides, an extension arm attached to the other side of said yoke, and leading across the button and through said slot to ,sieeee a remote point, and yielding means for holding the arm at that end of the slot which keeps it out/of contact with the but ton, for the purpose set forth.

The herein described push button operator, the same comprising a yoke having an arched body adapted to overlie apush button and lateral feet whereby it may be fastened to a support astride said button, one side oi the yoke having an upright slot, ears within the other side of said yoke, an extension arm having one extremity pivoted between said ears and extending thence across the interior oi? the yoke and through said slot to a remote point, and a spring carried by the yoke and bearing the arm to that end of the slot which holds it out of contact with said blltt0l1,f0l tl1e.,.'purpose set forth. I

3. In an attachmci'lt for push lnittoi'is, the con'ibination with an arched yoke adapted to be secured over the button and having an upright slot in one side, an extension arm pivotally connected with the opposite side and leading through said slot to a remote point, a spring normally holding the arm in that end of the slot which keeps said arm away from the button, and a contact member adjustably mounted on the arm between the sides of the yoke and over the head of the button, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

IRVAN NECKERMAN.

Test

IRENE P. MACE. 

